Asparagus-knife.



R. P. BRESNAHAN. ASPARAGUS KNIFE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 29. 1908.

955,050. Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

' UNITED STATES PATENT oFFioE.

REMEMBRANC FORDE BRESNAHAN, 0F MARLBORO, NEW JERSEY.

ASPARAGUS-KNIFE.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, REMEMBRANCE FoRDE BRESNAHAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Marlboro, in the county of Monmouth and Statev ofNew Jersey, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in an Aspara'us-Knife, of which the following is a speci cation. v

This invention relates to a knife designed especially for cuttingasparagus and the object of the invention is to overcome thedifficulties of keeping a knife of the usual construction sharp enoughto cut the tough y .skin of the plant, as in the cutting operation theknife is continually pushed into the ground and sand and other grittysubstances which contact with the blade soon dull a smooth knife.

This invention consists ofthe novelfeatures of construction hereinafterfully described, pointed outin the claim and shown -1 in theaccompanying drawings in which:-

Figure l is a side view of my knife. Fig. 2 is an edge view of my knife.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through a portion of the cutting blade,

In these drawings, l represents a knife handle from which extends a bentshank 2, givin the' blade a drop of an inch or more when eld in cuttingposition, and the shank ortion 2 is comparatively narrow to avoiddisturbing the soil more than is necessary by Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed May 29, 1908. Serial No. 435,722.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

means of this construction the knife can be employed in sandy, grittysoil for a longer time without becoming dull than would be possible witha knife having smooth'edged teeth. I

Letters Patent, is

In an asparagus knife, a blade, said blade being provided withdiagonally extending rooves forming teeth upon the cutting edge of theblade, the cutting edge of each tooth being serrated as and for thepurpose set forth.

REMEMBRANCE FORDE BRESNAHAN.

l Witnesses:

LEWIS S. PACKARD, JOSEPH E. JOHNSON.

cutting teeth upon each of the teeth 4, By

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by

